Welcome to my podcast, d.colin.ized! If you’ve been listening and followed over here, thank you! And if you’re new, I’m glad you’ve joined the journey! I am a poet, visual artist, performer, and wearer of many hats. I was supposed to have this out already. First, I wrote an essay on my blog. Then I recorded all the parts of this episode which in large part was me reading my blog post out loud. It’s been so long since I recorded an episode for my podcast that I didn’t even realize all the tools that made it a super simple process to throw together were gone. If I wanted to upload, I was going to have to find a different way to put my clips together. I had a moment of bewildering silence for what used to be Anchor, the app I used to start d.colin.ized. I could have just said forget it but I was determined to release this episode and I refused to re-record it all so that meant I’d have to learn and pivot.

And that’s how I landed on Substack. And that’s how I started using Adobe Audition to edit. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have a whole episode that I put together all by myself. It’s not perfect but I did it! With practice, more learning, and probably a better mic, I’m sure I’ll get better at the sound quality.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this episode and since this is a new beginning, a makeover of sorts, new platform, new format, let’s say this is Episode 1! I share my memories of Nikki Giovanni, her impact on me as a writer and poems.

If you want to read the full blog post, you can find it on my website dcolin.com. If you want, you can sign up for my newsletter there. Also, if you are able and willing, you can support the continuation of this podcast and my creative work in general by joining the Podcast Peeps on my Patreon.

Be inspired. Then inspire.

until next time,

D. Colin

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